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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
4
The Diller Record lists mailing details for Diller Nebraska with publication frequency and building address. It states subscription prices: one year 1.00, six months 0.50, three months 0.25, and notes regular mailing until ordered discontinued with arrears paid. Advertising rates are six cents per line per insertion.
Fragmented column notes varied topics from 1920s style social trends to Roosevelt’s remarks on women in industry and domestic life. It cites declining birthrates and a push to raise culinary standards in Washington homes. It also mentions sun extinction timelines and average heights of French American and British women.
The text argues farmers enjoy stability with food clothing and revenue from livestock and crops. It contends farming offers independence and dignity, enabling an eight hour day and time for learning, as machinery improves. The author urges farmers to realize their potential and seek broader self-improvement.
During the terror in Paris M. de Chateaubrun faced execution with twenty prisoners. The guillotine failed after fifteen heads, a worker was summoned, and the others stood bound. Chateaubrun moved through the crowd and, using a ruse, slipped away at the Champs Elysees. A wag tied his hands and robbed him of his hat, freeing him. He escaped France days later.
Frederick Trevor Hill notes that in a crime-light community, Lincoln's reputation for honesty defined daily life. Honest Abe was not a nickname but a tribute to a culture where fair dealing and upright conduct were expected, even in minor retail errors and small refunds.
The famed French detective Vidocq kept a flawless memory for names and disguises. A French forger who fled custody and vanished for eleven years returned bald with a single eye and damaged nose, thinking unrecognizable. Vidocq instantly identified him and ordered him to resume his sentence.
The mother of John and Charles Wesley shaped the Methodist movement by daily private prayers with her sons. Her deep religious instruction in early years distilled the movement’s principles and piety in their minds.
English sport dating to bow and arrow days endures in parts of Yorkshire. Arrows three feet long, barbless and featherless, are shot using a string wrapped around the hand and arrow butt. A skilled thrower can reach about 150 yards, though mastery avoids tangling the string. The practice, once learned, is claimed more fascinating than shot or hammer throwing.
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a street confrontation where a car conductor admits debtors often dodge payment by avoiding contact. The exchange reveals the debtor’s tactic of postponing repayment and evading due bills.
In a Chicago News piece the Pearly Gates greet a man who claims to own several apartment houses. St Peter asks what business he engaged in on earth and interrupts to note the children would annoy him, telling him to go bump the bumps.
A fragment recalls Mrs Golitely boasting about a cake she made, overheard at table, while another guest remarks it was the worst cake ever made in the San Francisco Chronicle column style.
A Jewelers Circular Weekly excerpt notes China has long produced fans for Europe with carved ivory sticks. It cites seventeenth century Paris artisans, Dieppe centers, and popular New York imports. Materials include ivory, mother of pearl, tortoise shell, horn, and woods, with metal inlay as a rarity.
Katharine A. Carl describes the kotow as a traditional Chinese act of bowing three times to show gratitude to the monarchs or benefactors. It is a dignified practice not meant as a sign of inferiority though foreigners find it awkward. The custom extends from palace audiences to formal exchanges among equals.
N Vickary a Lynn mass taxidermist offered a goose to take home after skinning an eagle and later an owl Uncle Ben accepted the first time but asked to see the goose feet before taking the bird home to his wife the odd jobs man showed wary humor.
An aphoristic advice piece urges steady, cheerful effort in daily tasks. It notes that consistent, proper handling of work will be recognized later as equal to bigger challenges by observers who notice timely performance and dedication.
An American general pursued a band of Apaches back to their territory but avoided violence. His troops captured a small Apache girl who cried until a doll from an officer’s wife soothed her, allowing the girl to be returned to her people. The mother later visited the post and was persuaded to move back to its own lands.
A New York Press report details neighbors circulating a tale that a family’s move from the second to the fourth floor was motivated by cut in wages and to escape alleged harassment. The mill wife denies wrongdoing, blaming herself and asserting the upheaval was a personal decision to keep peace.
A fragment from Techical World Magazine portrays brutal seal hunting scenes with blood and ice, detailing crews clubbing seal pups and their doomed escape attempts as exhausted adults watch. The language reflects sensational, graphic narration about deadly hunting in polar waters.
A quoted exchange recalls a woman criticizing post office mail sorting as impractical. She asks for a plain letter box to mail without navigating the sprawling building and its many sub divisions. The nearby observer agrees the request reflects common clutter in large urban postal systems.
A photographer explains that deaf subjects appear tense and strained in portraits. He notes the challenge of capturing a natural expression when the sitter cannot easily respond to directions.
Advertises coffee and tobacco imports with varying grades and prices. Lists Turkey berry and East India berry coffee options, tobacco and Virginia chocolate, perfumed sherbets and teas with prices per pound or per box. Mentions guaranteed quality and ordering to avoid deceit.
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